Definitions

Haft organ

• Pear- to wedge-shaped appendage of some branchiopods (e.g., Limnadopsis) attached to mid-dorsal surface of head at narrower end.
  (syn. frontal organ, affixing organ) [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• See frontal organ. [McLaughlin, 1980]

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